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Ron Atkinson was dropped by ITV for making a racist remark off air, surely this is just as bad and should result in Sky dropping him.
Ron Atkinson was dropped by ITV for making a racist remark off air, surely this is just as bad and should result in Sky dropping him.
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I don't care how much 'goading' any man gets, or how famous or not he is, spitting at someone is utterly disgusting and inexcusable.
Part of the payback for a millionaire football career, and a million-pound TV contract, is that the public will bother you, and all you are required to do in return is act like a mature human being.
If Sky want to send a message to the world at large, that it does not pay eight figures for the opinion of ill-tempered yobs, it will sack Carragher forthwith.
Part of the payback for a millionaire football career, and a million-pound TV contract, is that the public will bother you, and all you are required to do in return is act like a mature human being.
If Sky want to send a message to the world at large, that it does not pay eight figures for the opinion of ill-tempered yobs, it will sack Carragher forthwith.
ael - // while we're on the subject, why do footballers have to spit so much during a game? //
Without being too graphic, running for a period of time produces excess saliva which is thicker than that normally produced to lubricate and aid digestion. It can interfere with breathing, so it is best disposed of, which footballers tend to do.
Without being too graphic, running for a period of time produces excess saliva which is thicker than that normally produced to lubricate and aid digestion. It can interfere with breathing, so it is best disposed of, which footballers tend to do.
A-H
I don't buy that explanation one little bit.
Why don't Marathon runners, Oarsmen, Tennis players, Rugby players ( to a less extent) cricketers, "spit" due to excess saliva and interfering with breathing is just nonsense.....why not swallow it.
One often sees a footballer called from the bench to replace a player, "spits" as he runs onto the pitch.....surely sitting on the bench is not that physically exhausting.
No, it is just habit and affectation.
I don't buy that explanation one little bit.
Why don't Marathon runners, Oarsmen, Tennis players, Rugby players ( to a less extent) cricketers, "spit" due to excess saliva and interfering with breathing is just nonsense.....why not swallow it.
One often sees a footballer called from the bench to replace a player, "spits" as he runs onto the pitch.....surely sitting on the bench is not that physically exhausting.
No, it is just habit and affectation.
Sqad - // A-H
I don't buy that explanation one little bit.
Why don't Marathon runners, Oarsmen, Tennis players, Rugby players ( to a less extent) cricketers, "spit" due to excess saliva and interfering with breathing is just nonsense.....why not swallow it.
One often sees a footballer called from the bench to replace a player, "spits" as he runs onto the pitch.....surely sitting on the bench is not that physically exhausting.
No, it is just habit and affectation. //
Fair enough - I merely passed on the explanation that was given to me years ago by a footballer - I have to agree, on the basis of your post, it looks pretty flimsy! I will be delighted not to offer it again as an explanation!!
I don't buy that explanation one little bit.
Why don't Marathon runners, Oarsmen, Tennis players, Rugby players ( to a less extent) cricketers, "spit" due to excess saliva and interfering with breathing is just nonsense.....why not swallow it.
One often sees a footballer called from the bench to replace a player, "spits" as he runs onto the pitch.....surely sitting on the bench is not that physically exhausting.
No, it is just habit and affectation. //
Fair enough - I merely passed on the explanation that was given to me years ago by a footballer - I have to agree, on the basis of your post, it looks pretty flimsy! I will be delighted not to offer it again as an explanation!!
Sqad - // Ron Atkinson was dropped by ITV for making a racist remark off air, surely this is just as bad and should result in Sky dropping him. //
I think this is worse.
I would never condone Mr Atkinson's remarks, but in context, his is a generation that used such horrible terms, and he spoke without thought, as people often do.
Spitting requires forethought, it is an action you consciously decide to undertake, and the notion of 'losing it' does not begin to excuse such behaviour.
There is an argument that racist language results from poor education and thoughtless speech, there is absolutely no argument whatsoever that can excuse spitting at someone.
I think this is worse.
I would never condone Mr Atkinson's remarks, but in context, his is a generation that used such horrible terms, and he spoke without thought, as people often do.
Spitting requires forethought, it is an action you consciously decide to undertake, and the notion of 'losing it' does not begin to excuse such behaviour.
There is an argument that racist language results from poor education and thoughtless speech, there is absolutely no argument whatsoever that can excuse spitting at someone.
We've been through all this before.
There is a world of difference between deliberately spitting at someone and expelling aliva from your mouth when training hard, in the company of no one. Happens all the time and I am not aware anyone has ever died from it or even passed the least remark. It's the sort of thing that exercises people who like to write to the papers :-)
There is a world of difference between deliberately spitting at someone and expelling aliva from your mouth when training hard, in the company of no one. Happens all the time and I am not aware anyone has ever died from it or even passed the least remark. It's the sort of thing that exercises people who like to write to the papers :-)
Hopkirk - // Yes, it's disgusting, but a sacking matter?
Really?
An apology and move on. //
Yes it is a sacking matter - if I had done it in my office when I was working, I would have been sacked - so would millions of others.
Carragher is in the public eye, paid an eight-figure salary, and it is not unreasonable to assume that in return, he can use the manners he was taught - assuming he was taught.
If you cannot present yourself as a decent human being with the maturity and temperament to shake off the sort of attention you attract by the job you do, then do something else.
Sky, as a high-profile broadcaster, should exhibit the standards of behaviour expected of its employees, and dismiss Caragher today - football pundits are hardly a rarity, he can be replaced this afternoon.
Really?
An apology and move on. //
Yes it is a sacking matter - if I had done it in my office when I was working, I would have been sacked - so would millions of others.
Carragher is in the public eye, paid an eight-figure salary, and it is not unreasonable to assume that in return, he can use the manners he was taught - assuming he was taught.
If you cannot present yourself as a decent human being with the maturity and temperament to shake off the sort of attention you attract by the job you do, then do something else.
Sky, as a high-profile broadcaster, should exhibit the standards of behaviour expected of its employees, and dismiss Caragher today - football pundits are hardly a rarity, he can be replaced this afternoon.
